Graphic Medicine
Information on the use of the comics medium to explore issues in healthcare.
Grief and Loss
Books in the Health Sciences Library
Billy, Me and You by Graphic memoir by a woman who lost her two-year-old son after heart surgery. A bracing and memorable account of recovery after bereavement.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through a mixture of cartoons, family photos, documents, and a narrative, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents.
Rosalie Lightning by A touching graphic memoir about the untimely death of the author's young daughter, Rosalie. A portrait of his and his wife's on-going search for meaning in the aftermath of Rosalie's death, exploring themes of grief, hopelessness, rebirth, and eventually finding hope again.
The Summer of Her Life by While trying to cope with the daily realities of her existence in an old people's home, Gerda Wendt looks back on her childhood and adolescence, on her passion for astrophysics and the raised eyebrows it provoked, and on the tough choice that she had to make back in the summer of her life: the choice between love and a career abroad.
Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park by The author documents his reconciliation with his father, dying of emphysema, as he cares for him in hospice.
Wrinkles by Admitted to a home for the elderly because he suffers from Alzheimer's disease, Emilio's community life feels like an ordeal. In accepting his environment, he and new friend Miguel invent creative ways to enliven their daily routines and strike a blow for personal freedom.
